"A. Dumas"  wrote in message
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> druck wrote:
>> But there isn't an easy way to know when the Pi is completely ready to
>> power down, apart from wait for a few seconds after the activity light
>> has stopped blinking.
>
> Since a year or so, the firmware flashes the power led 10 times upon
> finishing the shutdown process, then goes off, which is a guaranteed good
> time to pull the power plug.

Really? I've never noticed this happen, and I've looked at the various LEDs
in case there was a signal that the Pi was ready to have the power removed.

I've just tried it. It's actually the green disc activity LED which flashes
on my Pi 3B+, not the red power LED. I'd previously thought that this was
real disc activity as the Pi shut down, rather than a rhythmic flashing as a
"I have now finished shutting down" signal.

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